Legal Blog

A recent article by David Hunter, a writer for the prominent conservative website Newsmax, egregiously misrepresents a post I wrote about President Trump and illegal Obamacare subsidies. He does so in large part by ignoring the date when the post was written.
Hunter depicts me...

Want to be a trademark lawyer? Well, you might need to have a creative streak.
In recent weeks, at least two major brands have used attention-grabbing strategies to protect their trademarks while raising awareness about the unauthorized use of their intellectual property. And these efforts are...

While asbestos use in the United States has declined quite steadily over the years, one industry in particular still relies on the mineral for its processes. Throughout the past few years, the chlor-alkali industry has used most or all of the asbestos imported into the...

The controversial Christian Alcoholics and Addicts In Recovery (CAAIR) in Oklahoma describes itself as a long-term addiction recovery program for men. It is not a licensed treatment center. It does not accept people with serious mental or physical problems or with histories of violence or...

Australia is home to one of the highest overall cancer survival rates in the world. But 25,000 Australians die from rare cancers like mesothelioma each year, which is over half of all the cancer deaths in the country. Though mesothelioma only accounts for about 600...

A VA-accredited Claims Agent is a person who can legally represent veterans to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and assist veterans with filing claims for VA benefits. The formal certification process ensures agents who assist veterans meet the VA’s standards of professionalism.
Veterans can file...

The U.S. Justice Department sent an experienced federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student last year. The New York Times calls it “a highly unusual move that officials said was personally initiated by...

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Fall 2017 Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Scholarship is Natalia Jaramillo, a doctoral student specializing in clinical psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
In 2014, Jaramillo received an unexpected call from a nurse in New York....

In Philadelphia, a city with more than 1,000 shootings a year, shootings are down six percent this year and violent crime overall is dropping. Philly.com says police tactics are changing. Before an officer stepped out of his car to investigate a recent shooting, a team...

I’m delighted to report that Robert Natelson, long a University of Montana law professor and now, following his retirement, senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute, Heartland Institute and Montana Policy Institute, will be guest-blogging this week about John Dickinson — one of...